Diver in a dream: meaning in Ibn Sirin, al-Nabulsi and Ibn Shahin

14 passages from 3 sources, quoted as written, every one linked to its page.

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam

He is in the dream a king or the equivalent of a king.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

He, in a dream, indicates the spy, and indicates benefits and provisions.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And if he sees that he dived into the water in the sea: if he is diving to bring out pearls, then he will enter into the service of a king and obtain from him a slave girl by whom a handsome son will be born to him; or he will seek knowledge from a scholar, or seek wealth from a merchant, or sovereignty from a king, or seek wealth at a risk, or a treasure, or the like; and he will obtain the equivalent of what he obtained of pearls.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And the diver is a man who enters into the obscure depths of affairs.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

And the diver: seeing him indicates the great scholar, and the exemplar who follows the traces of the guides, and the one who manifests the realities of the verifiers.

Ta'tir al-Anam fi Ta'bir al-Manam, p. 257

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

The diver is interpreted in several aspects. Ibn Sirin said: Whoever sees that he dove into a sea and brought out pearls from it, then it indicates the attainment of knowledge and learning, and wealth from the sultan in proportion to that.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

And Jabir al-Maghribi said: Whoever sees that he dove into a sea and brought nothing out of it, then it indicates his occupying himself with learning the Quran and knowledge but he does not learn, or that he occupies himself with the service of a king and gains no result from him.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

And whoever sees that he brought out from the sea a precious pearl, then it indicates the attainment of his aim and the fulfilment of his needs, and he will draw near to a king in proportion to the value of that pearl, and wealth will come to him from the sultan.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 249–250

attributed to Ibn Sirin, Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam

The diver is a king or the equivalent of a king.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

So whoever sees that he dived into the sea, then he will enter into the service of a king or a sultan.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

And if he sees as though he brought out a pearl, then he will obtain from the king a slave-girl who will bear him a handsome son, because of the saying of the Exalted: "as though they were hidden pearls."

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

And the vision of divers indicates seeking obscure knowledge, and seeking wealth amid danger; and he will attain what he seeks in proportion to the pearls he obtains.

Muntakhab al-Kalam fi Tafsir al-Ahlam, pp. 313–317

Kinds and conditions of Diver

grebe/diver bird

Ibn Shahin al-Zahiri, al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat

As for the grebe (diver bird), it is interpreted as a religious woman, and its flesh is her wealth.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 215–216

Jabir al-Maghribi said: seeing the grebe (diver bird) is interpreted as worry and grief.

al-Isharat fi Ilm al-Ibarat, pp. 215–216